"The Coffee Shop Girl You Never Spoke To"

You've replayed it a hundred times. She stood three feet away, scrolling her phone. You had an opening. You composed the perfect line — after she was gone.

For all you know, she's married now. To some guy who said something. Anything.

Openers are cheap. Almost any sentence works when it's delivered within three seconds. The expensive part is the standing there, drafting and deleting, while the window quietly closes.

The "22 Rules" stripped out my hesitation. What to open with, how to keep it alive, and the one habit that costs guys more women than anything else: waiting for perfect.

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Dates and weeknights

Patrick124

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does anyone do dates on weeknights? I've never done it before...but in the last 3 days I've gotten 3 new #s, and i don't really feel like dedicating my weekend entirely to dates lol.
and what mgiht u suggest for weeknight-date ideas. maybe jsut-dinner? or have her over/go there. jw cause I can't think of **** haha.
 

"I just moved here from Florida."

That sentence contains at least five follow-up questions she WANTS you to ask. Where in Florida? What brought you here? How long have you been in the area? What do you miss? How does it compare to here?

She handed them to you on a silver platter. And you said, "Oh cool. I come here every week. I love this band. Ummm... pretty crowded tonight."

She smiled politely. Nodded. And never texted you back.

I was that guy for years. Talking too much. Listening too little. Panicking about my next sentence while she was literally feeding me the answers.

Then I found 22 rules that fixed the whole thing. Rule number one: shut up and listen. She'll tell you exactly what to say.

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take a walk at the park
 

"She's Out of Your League"

You've said it a hundred times. Maybe a thousand. And every time you say it, you train your brain to freeze the next time she walks into the room.

Leagues are a myth invented by guys who are scared of women.

She's a person. She has bad breath in the morning. She picks songs she can't sing in the shower. She overthinks her own texts.

Walk over. Say something. The league dissolves the second you open your mouth.

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Johnnie5

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get the week night date happening

dunno about you but week nights i do not much anyway so may as well make something of the night , also helps break up the working week

also i value my weekends too much to be bothered on a maybe
 

08aisaac

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Park's a good idea. Umm I dunno, not much for dates, just hanging out, go do something fun. Movies, or something, but it's hard if you can't drive.
 
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